Riding an R143 On the (L) line

Описание: In today’s video we are going to take a ride on the R143 on the (L) line. Where I show its features and explain some of its information. These subway cars were the first Mass product subway car on the B division letter lines in the NYC Subway system


System: MTA NYCTA
Trainset: Kawasaki R143
Car number: 8257
Service: (L) 14th-Canarsie Local


Chapters

0:00 introduction.
1:05 Broadway Jct to Atlantic Avenue.
2:33 Features.
3:33 Technical info.
4:43 train ride.
7:40 conclusion


Wikipedia info

The R143 is a class of New Technology Train subway cars built by Kawasaki Rail Car Company for the New York City Subway's B Division. Delivered between 2001 and 2003, the cars displaced R40s and R42s that operated on the L service in conjunction with the BMT Canarsie Line's signal system being automated. The R143 was the first "B" Division order of the NTT series, and the first 60-foot (18.29 m) B Division car built for the New York City Subway system since the R42s delivered in 1969. A total of 212 cars were built, all arranged as four-car sets. The first cars (8101–8104) were delivered to the 207th Street Yard on April 30, 2001. 8105–8108 were delivered sometime later in the summer of 2001. The first R143s entered a 30-day period of revenue service testing on December 4, 2001, and officially entered service on the Canarsie Line on February 12, 2002. All cars were delivered by March 2003 with all cars being in service by April 2003.

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